#Groove agent 5 vs battery 4 how to#

Midi is simply too convoluted to use, and I was spending too much time making templates for my DAW(s), and not actually programming it, to use it that way. And Battery4 is more about electronic drums than Battery 3. Especially electronic drums would be kind of messy.

I am a big NI fan, but Groove Agent 5 is miles ahead of Battery 4 IMO, and if they release Groove. There are a number of workarounds depending on the DAW you're using it with, but overall, I find myself pillaging the samples to load elsewhere, or rendering my patterns to audio to use in S1. As the routing on many of the drums will be different, it is also difficult to get a good result when routing the MIDI signals from GA4 to Battery having Battery drum sets play the grooves of GA4. Until NI comes up with Battery 5, which does not look to be the case at least until Komplete 14, I have found a new love in Steinberg's Groove Agent 5, which I will be picking up during their next sale. Again, there's a lot to like (the sample library alone is worth the price of admission), but unless you're using it with Ableton Live, it can be a pain to integrate with most DAW's.

#Groove agent 5 vs battery 4 how to#

In your DAW, set up two MIDI tracks and set the MIDI output of the first track to Groove Agent SE Main and the MIDI output of the second track to Groove Agent SE Pattern. Eli Krantzberg presents in-depth Groove Agent tutorials Learn all of Groove Agent 5s features and functions as well as how to make realistic drum beats and more.

If another port is used, MIDI data is received on all MIDI channels. Impact is just missing the mark when you compare the two. Activate Use Pattern MIDI Port for Pattern Pads in the lower left corner of the pattern pad section. Waiting for the next sale to grab GA5 now, but since Steinberg has grace period offers thought to check about GA6 if anyone has the slightest of an idea and if it will be better to wait for it. The new Impact is a great step in the right direction, and I would be turning cartwheels for it if Propellerheads hadn't released Drum Sequencer for Reason 10 a few weeks before S1v4 dropped. I have discovered (quite late I know) that Groove Agent 5 is probably better than Battery 4 in most departments. Long time Battery user here, and I love it.